**CANCELLED** Circles and Silence: Opioid Prevention In-Person
This program has been cancelled.
RESCHEDULED for Wed. Sept. 18, 6 pm
Please contact Louis Migliazza, 783-8254 for further information.
David Neill, the Violent Crime Prevention and Community Outreach Coordinator from the United States Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island, will be presenting an overview of Rhode Island’s opioid epidemic and how it impacts everyone. He will then show the fifteen-minute Circles and Silence opioid intervention and prevention video. The video is impactful and touches upon all aspects of opioid use dependency. After the video, two co-presenters, usually cast members from the video, share their powerful, but loving testimonies. We then engage in a question-and-answer period.
The goals of the presentation are:
1) Educate the audience about the dangers of the tainted drug supply and polysubstance use.
2) Stress the importance of using one’s voice to obtain help and resolve adverse experiences.
3) Show how to obtain and use nasal naloxone/narcan.
4) Recognize signs of an overdose.
5) Understand the Good Samaritan Law.
6) Avoiding stigmas.
7) Teach about the available prevention resources.
8) Teach about opioid withdrawal and relapse.
9) Know that RECOVERY is possible!
This is a free event that will be held at the Kingston Free Library. No registration required.
2605 Kingstown Rd
Kingston, RI 02881
401-783-8254
- Date:
- Wednesday, September 4, 2024
- Time:
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Kingston Free Potter Hall
- Branch:
- Kingston Free Library
- Audience:
- Adult All Ages Elderly Young Adult
- Categories:
- Educational Program Movie